Show mm ion MUCH mil husband fixed the price of his cifes honor TRAGEDY AT leavenworth major laing a prominent citizen I 1 Is 9 shot tor for refusing to pay a sum of honey to tho the husband ot of his Pit paramour colorado firebugs Fire bugs ggs arrested for attempt to defraud insurance companies leavenworth kan ican nov lo 10 crawford moore a traveling salesman tor for the great western manufacturing company cornell comell of 0 this city this afternoon atte ell ahot ot alai james AL laing as lie be was as coins up the stairs leading to his onice office in III the lalni laing block moore tired fired four our shots one of 0 tile bullets taking effect in the lower right thigh passing upward end and was wag afterward discovered under tho the skin skill near the groin where il 11 was cut out by the physician moore was attested and placed in jail shortly before 1 both men mot met at the bottom of the stairs leading to maj hal laings office where they remained lor for some time earnestly engaged in conversation from what could bo be ascertained by those who were near aloot e demanded a sum of money moncy for despoiling the relations between himself and ills wife the major refused to comply with the request and as he started to go up stairs moore fired tour four shots hots for a number of 0 years maj laing has bas been paying attention to mrs its moore and that this was no secret Is 1 shown by tho the fact that almost every man and woman in town knew it their ac relations lations wp were e open and notorious both moore and maj laing were v ere on Irl endly terms at least they were tie fia seen together maj laing la is a wealthy coal operator and one on of the cites most prominent nien men ills injuries fire are ot of it a serious nature tit alie family of maj laing returned front from europe about two months niro ago having been absent there for or several e eral I crawford Craw lord moore Is 19 about 85 years ot of ager ayi anil the son of nc capt crawford mon moore e of Longa noxie and of a highly respectable family mrs moore before lier man mair lage was the dau daughter ahter ofa of n farmer fanner barned cheatwood Cho atwood residing it in fairmount mount township mal laing stated after the shooting th that a t m moore core want wanted ed I 1 too 0 0 m much u ell men money e y |